FIAT Punto MJD 1.3 Emotion

HONDA Jazz S

Wait for new Punto

One of my friend who is working General Motors India (worked on Beat Diesel Project at Chakan Plant near Pune) told me that Beat Diesels engine is not the FIAT sourced engine. That 1.0 Diesel Engine is compltly developed by GM India.

GM did help Fiat during the development of 1.3 MJD (internationally known as JTD - our multijet is a second generation JTD engine). When the merger with FIAt and GM failed, GM got access to some of the JTD engines.

The engine GM is using in beat is an engine developed my GM based on the existing 1.3 MJD of Fiat. FIAT do not have ownership of this engine, and FIAT cannot use this engine on FIAT cars.

Voted for Punto, of course. IMHO, going for Jazz doesn't make much sense with Brio close on its heals. I think with launch of Brio, Jazz sales will take a further dip and resale will not be handsome. As of now, Punto makes more sense than a 1.2 Jazz. I would rather make a point than carry a Jazz band in my car

I will suggest hold your decision till 7th Jan 2012. We can expect a facelifted Punto. If time allows you to wait then I will recommend you to wait for another 4 months.

One more thing to mention here, if the facelifted Punto launched in Auto Show 2012 then we wont have any idea when Its production will start.

Let me tell you one incident happened with one of my friend. He bought Bolero SLX 20-25 days back and now in last a new Bolero launched with new look and engine so be careful while taking any decision.

I will be attending this Delhi Auto Show 2012, I will update you if I get any new about New Punto in Auto Expo 2012